Panda says it right!
The folks at Duxford are all splendid people. Duxford seems to be a place where things like this should happen....with all the history that surrounds that airfield.
A bit of adrenaline is good for you Panda....cleans the soot out of the pipes!
I would like to have a Dollar for every time I found myself slopping coffee over the cup due to my hands and knees shaking after I escaped from some pickle I found myself in.
One of these days you will be listening to some young whipper snapper tell a similar story....and you will in a position to remind him he is following the path a lot of other pilots have trod.